Robert Rey (plastic surgeon)

Brazilian-American plastic surgeon

Roberto M. Rey Jr.

Personal details
Born|

Roberto Miguel Rey Júnior

(1961-10-01) October 1, 1961 (age 62)
São Paulo, Brazil
Nationality| Brazilian
American
Political party| PODE (2020–present)
Other political
affiliations|

* PSC (2013–15)
* Patriota (2015–18)
* Republicanos (2018–20)

Spouse|

Hayley Rey

(m. 2000)​

Children| 2
Occupation| Plastic surgeon, TV presenter

Roberto Miguel Rey Júnior (born October 1, 1961), known as Robert Rey, is a Brazilian American plastic surgeon.[1] He was featured on the E! reality series Dr. 90210. Rey has appeared on many TV shows as a medical correspondent, including The View and Good Morning America, he has contributed to The New York Times and appeared on the cover of Forbes Brazil. [2]

## Biography[edit]

Roberto Miguel Rey Júnior was born in São Paulo, Brazil to engineer Roberto Miguel Rey, an American-born (of Mexican descent) naturalized Brazilian[3] and Avelina Reisdörfer, a Brazilian of German descent.[4]

Rey was raised by a single mother in São Paulo. He told a New York Times reporter that he spent his youth running with a crowd of teenage hoodlums and committing petty crimes. The family were poor all through his childhood. He said he slept on sleeping bags on a broken dining room table. But he explained that his dream of coming to America and becoming a doctor gave him determination to make it come true. "Walking through the ghetto I was raised in, I knew I was going to go to the United States, go to Harvard, be a plastic surgeon, move to Beverly Hills, become a member of Congress and then become surgeon general," he said.[5]

Invited by writer Orson Scott Card, who at the time was a Mormon missionary in Brazil, to live in the United States, he and his three siblings took up the offer. They moved to Utah in 1974, when he was 12. In Utah and later, when he and his siblings lived on a ranch in Arizona, Rey said, he was "a nerd" who studied almost all the time. But he also acted in television commercials to earn the money for school.[6]

## Career[edit]

### Education[edit]

Rey earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Arizona State University in Chemistry, a master's degree in Public Policy from Harvard University[7] and a Doctor of Medicine (MD) from Tufts University School of Medicine.[8]

Rey completed a 3-year general surgery residency at Harbor UCLA, and a plastic & reconstructive surgery residency at the University of Tennessee-Memphis Health Science Center.[9] He subsequently undertook an aesthetic and breast reconstruction fellowship at the Harvard Medical School's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. He is licensed to practice medicine in the states of California and Florida. He is a member of The Los Angeles Medical Association and American Medical Association, and is on staff at Cedars Sinai Hospital and the chief medical director of Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeons.[10]

### Television[edit]

Rey has appeared on TV shows, including The View, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Dr. Phil.[11][12] He had a weekly casebook article in Life and Style Magazine.[13]

In 2004, Rey, along with Jason Diamond, co-starred in the reality show Dr. 90210, a program that showcases their surgeon's practices, the surgeries and patients, as well as his family life. Rey has performed plastic surgery on celebrity patients, one of which (John Travolta's niece's breast augmentation procedure) was featured in an episode of Dr. 90210.[14]

Mark L. Jewell, the president of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, said: "Dr. Rey is a skilled surgeon, but his informal way with patients is inappropriate, even undignified, and the reality show gives viewers the impression that plastic surgery is a casual beauty treatment rather than a serious surgical procedure".[15]

Other plastic surgeons acknowledge Rey has made their specialty seem more user-friendly to a mass audience. "The program shows that plastic surgery can have a profound positive impact on people's lives", said Dr. Thomas C. Cochran Jr., an assistant clinical professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School, who taught Rey during his aesthetic fellowship. "The good points are that you see an authentic interview process, preop consultation and postoperative recovery. The rest is just show business."[16]

## Personal life[edit]

Rey and his Quebec-born wife, Hayley, have two children. They live in Beverly Hills, California.[17] [18]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Why Not Be Perfect?". Los Angeles Times. July 9, 2006. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
2. ^ "These are the 15 Richest Doctors in the World". June 26, 2016.
3. ^ "Dr. Rey says he can shrink you". Boston Globe. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
4. ^ "Mórmon, Médico, Metrossexual e Candidato". Vozesmormons.org. August 28, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
5. ^ "A Doctor? He is One on TV - the New York Times". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
6. ^ "A Doctor? He is One on TV - the New York Times". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
7. ^ "Robert Rey interview". Retrieved November 30, 2018 - via YouTube.
8. ^ "Robert Rey, MD – Beverly Hills, CA". Yelp.com. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
9. ^ "Dr. Robert Rey". Tmz.com. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
10. ^ Profile, bhpsmed.com. Accessed June 9, 2024.
11. ^ "Rey's Media - Beverly Hills | Dr. Robert Rey". Robert M. Rey M.D. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
12. ^ Singer, Natasha (March 16, 2006). "A Doctor? He Is One on TV". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
13. ^ "Target : Expect More. Pay Less". Intl.target.com. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
14. ^ "Dr. Robert Rey – Advanced Surgical Institute". Theadvancedsurgicalinstitute.com. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
15. ^ "A Doctor? He is One on TV - the New York Times". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
16. ^ "A Doctor? He is One on TV - the New York Times". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
17. ^ "Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Robert Rey's house". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
18. ^ Diamond, Wendy (November 16, 2009). "Dr. Robert Rey and Hayley Rey of 'Dr. 90210' – Animal Fair". Animalfair.com. Retrieved December 2, 2017.

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